.xxx domains ARE censorship - GoFuckYourself.com

spongemonkey · 06-03-2005, 09:00 PM

An opinion from someone unassociated with the adult porn industry:

While there may be some value in ANYONE being able to have a .xxx domain, Federal or local requirements that all adult material have this extension is outright dangerous, to both free speech and free trade.

To begin with, individual states, counties, or cities could, feasibily, make efforts to outright block access to .xxx domains.

More importantly, it would give an edge to companies or webmasters outside of the reach of governments that might regulate the .xxx domains... in that while, say, adult webmasters inside the US might follow any laws that require use of the .xxx domain, folks in countries that don't have the same laws will go on profiting from .com, .net, etc. adult domains.

That said, regulating what is essentially a fuzzy rating on web content will be killed by lawsuits from the ACLU and other common sense indivuduals and organizations. But the fear factor alone will allow .xxx domain squatters to reap in some major bucks.

candyflip · 06-03-2005, 09:03 PM

Walrus · 06-03-2005, 09:04 PM

Yet another .xxx thread...

spongemonkey · 06-03-2005, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by candyflip

Thanks for the tribute, Candyflip!

Alex · 06-03-2005, 10:01 PM

How is it censorship if they cant force us to use the .xxx domains?

06-03-2005, 09:00 PM	#1
spongemonkey Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 199	.xxx domains ARE censorship An opinion from someone unassociated with the adult porn industry: While there may be some value in ANYONE being able to have a .xxx domain, Federal or local requirements that all adult material have this extension is outright dangerous, to both free speech and free trade. To begin with, individual states, counties, or cities could, feasibily, make efforts to outright block access to .xxx domains. More importantly, it would give an edge to companies or webmasters outside of the reach of governments that might regulate the .xxx domains... in that while, say, adult webmasters inside the US might follow any laws that require use of the .xxx domain, folks in countries that don't have the same laws will go on profiting from .com, .net, etc. adult domains. That said, regulating what is essentially a fuzzy rating on web content will be killed by lawsuits from the ACLU and other common sense indivuduals and organizations. But the fear factor alone will allow .xxx domain squatters to reap in some major bucks.

06-03-2005, 09:03 PM	#2
candyflip Carpe Visio Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New York Posts: 43,064	__________________ Spend you some brain. Email Me

06-03-2005, 10:01 PM	#5
Alex So Fucking Banned (YEA!!) Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 10,963	How is it censorship if they cant force us to use the .xxx domains? __________________ Care about me? Who? Me! Who?

06-03-2005, 09:04 PM	#3
Walrus Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 2,150	Yet another .xxx thread...